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“I've got a stele we can use. Who wants to do me?"
"A regrettable choice of words," muttered Magnus.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

tags: jace-wayland, magnus-bane, regret, stele

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“Come in. And try not to murder any of my guests."
Jace edged into the doorway, sizing up Magnus with his eyes. "Even if one of them spills a drink on my new shoes?"

"Even then.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

tags: banter, jace-wayland, magnus-bane

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#3

“I needed a distraction. A drink, a good tumble, anything—even this sure-to-be- trouble punk show.”
― Alexandra Martin, Siren's Call

tags: distraction, punk-show, trouble

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#4

“Like my outfit? I’m going for counterculture. By showing up to a punk rock concert in the least punk-aesthetic outfit possible, I’m the most punk person there.”
― Alexandra Martin, Siren's Call

tags: aesthetic, counterculture, humor, outfit, punk, punk-rock

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#5

“These were wannabe elites who, once they popped on big-boy pants, would be infiltrating New York with their pretentiousness.”
― Alexandra Martin, Siren's Call

tags: elites, humor, new-york, pretentiousness, snark

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#6

“Too late; my awkwardness had already made an unforgettable appearance, so, of course, I couldn’t be let off the hook.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

tags: appearance, awkwardness, relationship, romantic, unforgettable

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#7

“That’s me, keeping things bitchy from open to close.” I turned around and gave him my customer service smile.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

tags: bitchy, customer-service, sass, sassy-dialogue, snark

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#8

“Flirt with the old ladies and you’ll be fine,” I muttered, shoving my stuff into the cubby.

He hung his green hoodie on the hooks right beside me. “Is that how you get by?”

“Doesn’t work on the old ladies for me, but the old men on the other hand?” I paused and glanced at my nails. “Yeah, doesn’t work on them either.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

tags: dialogue, flirt, flirting, humorous, sassy, snark

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#9

“We’d never talked about his parents, like he was some underwater Peter Pan.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

tags: character-building, history, peter-pan, secrets, underwater

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#10

“The tides rolled up to crash against the shore while we sat feet from one another with the remnants of all we’d left unsaid driving us apart.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

tags: driving-apart, longing, ocean, romance, tides, unsaid-words, waves

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#11

“He looked so frustrated and perfectly serious, and yet here we were talking about his missing seal pelt.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

tags: fae, paranormal, revelation, seal-pelt, selkie, supernatural

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#12

“The choice lay out for me. Stay on land or plunge into the icy depths of the sea.

I always chose the sea.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

tags: choices, cold, icy, live-dangerously, ocean, sea, stay-safe

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#13

“Because if I fell any deeper for the way his eyes crinkled with his smile or his habit of tapping on his nose to emphasize a point, my ship would be sunk.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

tags: dangerous, falling-in-love, habits, love, relationship

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#14

“If you’re supposed to work with someone, I’d recommend not getting all hot and bothered with them the night before. The word of the day was “tense.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

tags: desire, hot-and-heavy, intense, tense, tension, work

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#15

“Like a rollercoaster, my mind had climbed its way to the top—only to witness how far there was to fall. And like a coaster, the second the fear hit, my stomach plummeted with the drop.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

tags: anticipation, excitement, fear, rollercoaster, terror

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#16

“You’re like an oceanic Lassie.” My grin twitched on my face, threatening to tumble over into laughter again.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

tags: funny-quote, humor, lassie, puppy, tracking-senses

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#17

“Luckily, common sense had never been a strong suit of mine and my feet moved
faster than my brain.”
― Katherine McIntyre, An Airship Named Desire

tags: brave, common-sense, dangerous-situations, daring, foolhardy

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#18

“May as well have ox blood running through those veins,” I added, “You’re as
stubborn as one.”
― Katherine McIntyre, An Airship Named Desire

tags: dialogue, humorous, ox-blood, quotes, stubborn

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#19

“Geoff’s arm emanated with a solid warmth I longed for after our days aboard S.S.
British-Craphole.”
― Katherine McIntyre, An Airship Named Desire

tags: humor, relationship, steampunk, stirring, warmth

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#20

“Edwin’s creations landed hit or miss on the board and one miss a year ago ended with us heaving overboard for a week. Fortifying meal solutions, my ass.”
― Katherine McIntyre, An Airship Named Desire

tags: humor, mad-scientist, meals, silly

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#21

“They shot one of ours.” The lines deepened around his grey eyes. “I’d waste the whole army for spilling a drop of my crew’s blood.”
― Katherine McIntyre, An Airship Named Desire

tags: army, captain-morris, fighting, loyalty, spill-blood

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#22

“You promoted me for my ruthless stubbornness and dog-headed determination, not my tech savvy. Plus, I’m a damn good shot.”
― Katherine McIntyre, An Airship Named Desire

tags: good-shot, silly, stubborn, tech-savvy, weapons

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#23

“So this is how the merchant ship won’t follow us,” I mumbled, “They aren’t insane enough to join the party.”
― Katherine McIntyre, An Airship Named Desire

tags: airship, crazy, daring, flight, steampunk

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#24

“Now, now.” I placed a hand on his back. “Jealousy colors you black, Geoff. If you
wanted to be a pretty princess too, I would have bought you a crown. I’ll be back soon.”
― Katherine McIntyre, An Airship Named Desire

tags: dialogue, humor, jealousy, princess

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#25

“The last thing I remembered was joining the crew in a rendition of “Take to the Sky,” but the rest of the time blurred after I drank absinthe with the Captain.”
― Katherine McIntyre, An Airship Named Desire

tags: airship, drinking, flight, flying, singing, steampunk

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#26

“And he claims another victim.” I cracked a grin. “Edwin, you’re turning this
infirmary into a speakeasy.”
― Katherine McIntyre, An Airship Named Desire

tags: humor, infirmary, silly, speakeasy

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#27

“From the way his face lit with curiosity to the slight tilt of his jaw, even the lingering scent of brine and breeze gave him away.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

tags: attraction, breeze, ocean, romance

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#28

“What I wouldn’t give for a little old smuggling job.”
― Katherine McIntyre, An Airship Named Desire

tags: airship, airship-named-desire, pirates, smuggling, steampunk

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#29

“All right boys, let’s sail away! Show those bastards how airship pirates fly a ship!”
― Katherine McIntyre, An Airship Named Desire

tags: airship, airship-pirates, flying, pirates, sailing, ships, steampunk

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#30

“He might have perfect form and better swordsmanship, but I had one thing on my
side that stacked the deck in my favor. I was absolutely crazy.”
― Katherine McIntyre, An Airship Named Desire

tags: airship, bravery, crazy, sword-fight, swordsmanship

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